Mokmurian #1
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Blijf op de hoogte en volg Michael
18 November 2016 | Filipijnen, Kalamansig
The stone giants of the Storval Plateau have traditonally been a stabilizing element among their kind, a voice of moderation and temperance among brutish thugs like hill giants, ogres and ettins.
Where these lesser races might go to war for the slightest of reasons, the stone giants preach caution and patience.
Yet now one of their own has fallen from the path of tradition.
In Stone Giant society, those born with an innate magical ability border on deformities, the Stone Giant gifted with sorcerous power can expect a role of honor and might in his tribe..
The disadvantage of unsightly crystalline growths on the skin or a diminished physical stature are outweighed by the increase in social status and respect.
When the Stone Giant Mokmurian was born, his parents were thus pleased with his diminutive stature. Mokmurian grew slowly, and as he became a young adult he stood barely more than 10 feet tall.
His parents and kin waited anxiously for him to develop the magical powers his deformity promised, yet Mokmurian had a secret he dared not reveal.
He knew he had no burgeoning inborn magical ability.
He knew that if he reached adulthood without developing the gifts of the elders or sorcerous talent he would be shamed and likely exiled.
So Mokmurian fell to study, secretly poring over the texts of spellbooks taken from adventurers or taboo magical writings preserved in stone from the days of Thassilon.
It took him years, but eventually the selftaught wizard mastered the art of magic.
Casting spells as a wizard but hiding his need to study, he succesfully posed as a sorcerer to his tribe for nearly 3 decades.
It wasn't until he took a wife that his charade collapsed, for when she discovered his hidden spellbooks, she confronted Mokmurian in rage and shame.
In desperation, he killed her with his magic, but before he could conceal his crime, his tribe's elders found out.
They burnt his books, censured him as a traitor and murderer, and exiled him into the wild to fend for himself.
Humiliated, enraged, and alone, Mokmurian wandered the Storval Plateau.
Forced to conserve his prepared spells for emergencies and harried constantly by Stone Giant hunters and scouts, Mokmurian sought solace in one of his people's taboo lands; the Vale of the Black Tower.
Where these lesser races might go to war for the slightest of reasons, the stone giants preach caution and patience.
Yet now one of their own has fallen from the path of tradition.
In Stone Giant society, those born with an innate magical ability border on deformities, the Stone Giant gifted with sorcerous power can expect a role of honor and might in his tribe..
The disadvantage of unsightly crystalline growths on the skin or a diminished physical stature are outweighed by the increase in social status and respect.
When the Stone Giant Mokmurian was born, his parents were thus pleased with his diminutive stature. Mokmurian grew slowly, and as he became a young adult he stood barely more than 10 feet tall.
His parents and kin waited anxiously for him to develop the magical powers his deformity promised, yet Mokmurian had a secret he dared not reveal.
He knew he had no burgeoning inborn magical ability.
He knew that if he reached adulthood without developing the gifts of the elders or sorcerous talent he would be shamed and likely exiled.
So Mokmurian fell to study, secretly poring over the texts of spellbooks taken from adventurers or taboo magical writings preserved in stone from the days of Thassilon.
It took him years, but eventually the selftaught wizard mastered the art of magic.
Casting spells as a wizard but hiding his need to study, he succesfully posed as a sorcerer to his tribe for nearly 3 decades.
It wasn't until he took a wife that his charade collapsed, for when she discovered his hidden spellbooks, she confronted Mokmurian in rage and shame.
In desperation, he killed her with his magic, but before he could conceal his crime, his tribe's elders found out.
They burnt his books, censured him as a traitor and murderer, and exiled him into the wild to fend for himself.
Humiliated, enraged, and alone, Mokmurian wandered the Storval Plateau.
Forced to conserve his prepared spells for emergencies and harried constantly by Stone Giant hunters and scouts, Mokmurian sought solace in one of his people's taboo lands; the Vale of the Black Tower.
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